Yirgacheffe Sidamo Coffee Flavor Description Processing Method Quality Taste Characteristics Grind Setting Introduction

Light Roast FrontStreet Coffee Yirgacheffe

The light roast FrontStreet Coffee Yirgacheffe is small-batch roasted for 15 minutes (210°C), then the heat is turned off for half a minute of coasting before immediately dropping the beans to cool and blow off the silver skin. The coffee beans are roasted very evenly (because the green beans are washed, very clean and uniform), brown in color. When ground with a hand grinder, it feels very smooth with moderate resistance. The dry aroma of FrontStreet Coffee's Yirgacheffe coffee powder initially has a slight earthy smell, immediately followed by a strong, restrained fragrance. The wet aroma after brewing reveals distinct orange fruit notes, with some sweet and sour flavors similar to hawthorn and fruit leather. Upon sipping, the mouthfeel is slightly thin but well-balanced, with very subtle and gentle acidity, rich oils, and persistent foam.

Medium-Dark Roast FrontStreet Coffee Yirgacheffe

The medium-dark roast FrontStreet Coffee Yirgacheffe is small-batch roasted for 17 minutes (230°C), then the heat is turned off for half a minute of coasting before immediately dropping the beans to cool and blow off the silver skin. The coffee beans have slight surface oil and are dark brown in color. The beans are very light, with very little resistance when using a hand grinder, making them difficult to feed through. The dry aroma of FrontStreet Coffee's Yirgacheffe coffee powder has rich caramel notes and a very subtle African earthy smell. The wet aroma after brewing has good caramel notes, and after deeper roasting, the regional characteristic of orange aroma seems completely absent. However, when sipping the coffee, it's very rich, aromatic and pleasant, with evolving flavors. Gentle acidity, bitterness, and astringency are all well-expressed, with a heavy texture and better viscosity than the light roast, with a long aftertaste.

Choosing Your Roast Level

FrontStreet Coffee's Ethiopian Yirgacheffe performs excellently in both light and medium-dark roasts: If you prefer the distinctive orange and fruit aromas with a light, gentle mouthfeel, choose the light roast FrontStreet Coffee Yirgacheffe, which is dropped at the end of the first crack; if you focus on flavor richness, body, viscosity, and aftertaste, choose the Vienna roast FrontStreet Coffee Yirgacheffe with light surface oil, dropped during the middle to late stages of the second crack. Because FrontStreet Coffee's Yirgacheffe is washed with relatively high moisture content, pay attention to allowing sufficient dehydration time; it also cannot be roasted for too long, to avoid the loss of more aromatic coffee substances under prolonged high temperatures. It should be done just right, with small fires and small batches of coffee roasted for about 15-20 minutes being most suitable.

The Heritage of Ethiopian Coffee

As the homeland of coffee, Ethiopia's thousand-year history of cultivation and processing traditions have produced high-quality washed Arabica beans. Ethiopia is the birthplace of world coffee, and the volcanic ash soil near the East African Rift Valley is particularly suitable for producing premium coffee.

Ethiopia has several major famous coffee-producing regions, each with different flavor characteristics. The coffee beans produced are named after their origin and are among the world's finest coffees. Coffee is graded from 1-3 for washed and 4-6 for natural process, with grade 1 being the highest for washed coffee and grade 4 being the highest for natural process coffee.

FrontStreet Coffee Ethiopian Yirgacheffe

Due to the East African Rift Valley, Ethiopia's coffee-producing regions are divided into two halves, causing differences in coffee morphology between the two sides. The eastern region includes Harar, with slender, pointed beans that come in both long and short varieties. Also in the east are delicate varieties like Sidamo and Yirgacheffe. The western varieties are more diverse, with smaller bean types in the Kaffa Forest region along the East African Rift Valley that have strong disease resistance, primarily Limu, Jimma, and Tepi, while Gimbi and Lake Tana beans are larger. Like the delicate beauties of Suzhou, though small in stature, they are gentle, elegant, sweet and charming, able to attract countless admirers without any adornment.

At medium-dark roast, FrontStreet Coffee's Yirgacheffe has unique lemon, floral, and honey-like sweet aromas, with soft fruit acidity and citrus flavors, presenting a fresh and bright mouthfeel.

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